Charles County Court Proceedings, 1671—16 74.    419
     Meverall Hulse demanded an attachmt for Seven hundred pounds    Liber E
    of tobacco of the Estate of Ed: Salmons in the hands of John Posey;
    warrt to the Sh: ret. ut Supra
     Attachatus est                         Sh: ret.
     Edmond Lyndsy & Uxor versus Fra: Lyng & Mary his wife warrt
    to the Sh: ret. ut Supra
      caepi corpora                         Sh: ret.

    Att a Court held in Charles County for the Lord Propryetary on
           the Second tuesday in Novembr 1672
                   Comishoners prsent
                      Mr Hen: Adams
          Mr Zachary WadeMr Jn0 Stone
          Mr Ignatius CausineMr Jno Bowles
          Mr Will: BartonMr Robt Henly
          Mr Tho: HussyMr Jno Douglas

     Philip Coomes acknowledgeth this ensueing parcell of Land unto
    Mr Jno Allen
     This Indenture made the tenth day of Octobr in the one & fortieth
    yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius Annoq Dñi one thousand Six
    hundred seventy Betweene Philip Coomes of St Maryes County in
    the Province of Maryland plantr of the one part and John Allen of
    the County of Charles County of the other part Witnesseth that the
    said Philip Coomes as well for & in consideracon of the sume of
    three thousand pounds of tobacco in Cask to him in hand paid the
    receipt whereof the said Philip Coomes doeth hereby acknowledge,
    and thereof and of every part & parcell thereof doeth hereby abso-
    lutely accquitt and discharge the said Allen his heyres Executrs
    Adminrs & assignes by these prsents give grant Bargaine Sell enfeofee
    & confirm unto him the Said John Allen his heyres & assignes forever
    all that parcell of land Called by the name of Coomes Purchase lyeing
    in Charles County & Begining at a Bounded oke Standing on the
    west side of Wickcowcomaco maine fresh and adjoyneing to the
    land of John Coates the bounds of the said Coates & runing along
    wth the said land East Sixty five pches to a bounded oke thence
    South and South east one hundred & nynety pches to a bounded oke
    Standing in a Swamp thence west and by South one hundred &
    twenty pches to a bounded oke Standing by the path side thence
    bounding of the land of John Coates and Allexander Smith untill it
    comes to the first bound tree containeing and now laid out for one
    hundred & fifety acres more or less granted to him the said Coomes
    and now n the Tenure or occupacon of him the said John Allen
    together Wth all the benefitts thereunto belonging or in any way
    appertaineing, To Have & To Hold the sd parcell of Land & all &
    Singular the Before bargained. prmisses unto him the said John